Titlebook: Restructuring South Africa; John D. Brewer (Professor of Sociology) Book 1994 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limit

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ied the transition from apartheid. Some chapters examine important aspects which define the current period of chaos in order to evaluate the prospects of the disorder coming to an end. Others address key areas of reform by which peace and stability could be restored in order to assess the likelihood

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Educational Desegregation,er the composition of a new government, its ability to meet people’s expectations of improved life chances will be constrained by resource limitations. The educational strategy pursued will be of crucial importance to the peace and stability of a post-apartheid South Africa.

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Introduction: South Africa in Transition,arties seem bent on self-interest, the paramilitary organisations continue their violence, such that atrocity piles upon atrocity, the white and black right wings threaten, crime levels have soared, and some promised reforms seem slow in their pace, notably constitutional changes, reform of the police and educational desegregation.

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Policing,d by the government. What was unthinkable a few years ago — the idea that the police force is a major part of the problem in the country — is now conceded by a regime that has taken some notable steps in the direction of reform.

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Political Violence,ics. Political power is . scarcest resource in human society — those individuals or groups who control political power control access to most, if not all of society’s life chances. It is therefore no surprise that struggles for political power have been the most violent struggles in the history of h

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Crime and Control,ed by a pump-action shot-gun fired by the security guard: a scene reminiscent of numerous others down the decades. What was unusual on this occasion was that the wealthy house-owners were black and the robbers white. This took the police somewhat by surprise. They allegedly pulled a gun on the house

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Policing,ents of the apartheid system. But South Africa is now witnessing a remarkable and unprecedented public debate over policing, inspired by the political changes of the past three years. The need to reform the South African Police (SAP), like other institutions that maintained apartheid, is now accepte

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Educational Desegregation,conceived as an element in the liberation struggle, black education has been contested terrain in South African urban areas. Apartheid education has manifestly failed as an instrument of social control, a function which has yet to be restored. Today education is arguably ‘the most important and intr